Radiator-section.



E. C. Y'. STREIGHERT,

RADIATOR SECTION.

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RADIATOR-SECTION.

spcification of Letters Patent.

Patented Oct. 21, 1913.

Application med october 1s, 1912. serian No. 'zzsgsirBlES To all lwhomit may concern l Bo it known that I, EMU, 'CARL F rc1-animenS'iu'nnionu'r, a subject of the King of Denmark` residingr at Loek iort,in the county of Niagara and State ot' New York, have invented certainnew and useful lunnovemcnts` in Radiator-Sections; and I do hereby do el4re the followingr to be a full, clear, and e'xaci description of theinvention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which itppertains -to make, and use the saine.

hisA 'invention relates to radiators especially adapted 0r automobiles,and particularly tothe c'fi action ot the cells or units of which theradiator is composed. and has {for its object to providea less expensiveand more etticicntv construction of radiator cell, than has beenheretofore proposed.

lrVith this object. in view, the invention consists in the novel detailsof construction, and combinations ot'4 parts more fully hereinafterdisclosed, and particularly pointed out in the clailns.-

cferrng' to the accompanying drawings. forming' a pa rtI of thisspecification, in which like numerals designate, like parts in theriens: Figure t is a diagrammatic eleva-Y tional View. partly insection, of a. complete radiator having its cells constructed inaccordance with my invention; l"i 1. 2 is an cud elevational view of aunit or ccll of which thc radiator is composed; Fig. 3 is an endelevational vien" ot a plurality of units placed side by side to form a.radiator scetiou; Fig. ft is a top plan view in perspective of aradiator section formed of my indi vidual units, and sho\\'in; thevertical water courses t4 between the said units; Fig. 5 is a.diagrammatic View of a plurality of radiator sections provided with amodified form of separator to form horizontal water courses '19.

1 indicates thc easingr of my radiator; 2 the feed chamber thereof; 3 a,Water suppl -,1 pipe for the cooling apparatus; 4 a distributer chamberlocated within the feed chamber and provided with a wall having performtions 5,'the function ofwl-iich is to distribute the Water fed throughthe pipe 3 over the upper part of the honey comb construction; 6 is theinlet at the top, through which a supply of water may bc poured to fillthe apparatus; 7 is a closurefor the, pipe 6; and 8 is an overflow andvent pipcayyhieh may extend partially up into the pipe t'. and whichalso passes out through the wall ot' 'the radiator at any suitablepoint.

l0 is a draining chamber separated from the feeding' chamber 2 bysuitable parti tions, such as .tl and l2; 13 is an outlet tpipe tor then'ater.

All of the above parts are or may be of the usual construction, and formno part of the. present invention.

The honey comb, or cellular, construction of the 'radiator connectsclulmber 2 "xx-"ith chau'ibe 10, 'and includes a multitude' of straightunobstructed nin'ight fluid passages 114. down through which the fluid"tofh'e cooled' tlows. are made cxtreo'xely thin. and they also conmstitnte a portion of the, rei-tical sides of the horizontal air passagesrunningr from front to rear of the radiator. whereby the air in the saidpassages is efl'ectirely cooled bv the. krater passinj \r through thesaid passages M..

In lt'f. l. there is illustrated four 'coniplete radiator sectionslettered 1,5. ttl. 17 and t8. respectively. which sections providebeln'cen them the three horizontally-arranged \\'ater passages 10, 2t)and 2t communicating with the vertical water passages 14. rhe 'featuresabove mentioned likewise arc or tnay be of the usual and ordinaryconstrue,- tion. and do noty form ot themselves a 1uaterial portion ofmy invention.

. s above stated. the radiator sections l5. 1G, 1T and lo n re. made ofindiridual units, such as is illustrated in Fig. 2,"an;l it is in the.specific construction of these. units. that my invention resides.

(lne of my units 5"*- ia a. thin metal strip of width and previoJv g thefolds or plaits 23 mail@ by in machines that are noo; a a pair ofstrilps thus treated :u posite each ot ier with the. ed.

23 of the two strips almost, l plate 24 is placed between tlc, c to'said plaits 23 oit the, two strips. and the cx treme ends of the stripsare preferably cppositely bent over.. indicated a upon a loose piece isin them. The parts being as.;- diselosed will constitute the uri, Fig.2, provided with. s. nuuit'fc i a. 7 separated only by the single toutplate l.

The walls of these passages Cfr This provides a highly efiicientandinex# e holding the `assembled parts of a radiator together forsoldering. In order to separate the said units 22, the extreme ends 25of the strips may be oi'set, asindicated at 30, or

they may be separated by small rods or wires 31, such as is indicated inFig. 5, to form the horizontal water course 19. It being a common thingto thus offset, or otherwise separate the individual units, the detailsthereof are not further disclosed. The assembled units 22 when thusclamped in a frame in the usual manner may next be dipped in a suitablesolder bath, then moved back and front in order to seal up the edges ofthe Water course, whereupon a radiator section, such as 15 is had. vTwoor more sections may ythen be brought together, as illustrated in Fig.1, and separatedbyany suitable means, such-as the wires 3l shown in Fig.5, or other separators not illustrated may be employed.

It is obvious that those skilled in the art may vary the details ofconstruction without departing from the spirit of my invention, andtherefore, I do not wish to be limitedto the above disclosure, except asmay be required by the claims.

What I claim is 1. A radiator unit comprising a pair of spaced stripshaving inwardly-open opposed hook portions along their transverse edgesand registering serie/slof transverse -opposed transverse plaits,longitudinal flat plates held between said series of opposed plaits,closures seated on the opposed end plaits of said registering series forspacing said plaited strips and confining said flatv plates againstlongitudinal displacement, and hook portions forinedlby bending thetransverse edges of said spaced strips inwardly over said closures forlsecuring tlie latter in position.

3. In a radiator section, a 'plurality of vradiator units eachcomprising a pair of spaced strips having a registering series ofopposed transverse plaits, longitudinal flat plates held between saidseries of opposed plaits, closures seated on the opposed endl plaits ofsaid registering series for spacing v said p laited strips and confiningsaid flat plates against longitudinal displacement, hook portions formedby bending the transverse edges of said spaced strips inwardly over saidclosures for securing the latter in position, and spacing meansextending longitudinally between said several units to provide waterpassages therebetween.

.In testimony whereof, I aflix my signature, in presence of twowitnesses.

EMIL CARL FREDERICK STREICHERT.

